California Court of Appeal - January 2016 Opinion Summaries

Monschke v. Timber Ridge Assisted Living, LLC

Injury & Tort Law, Elder Law, Contracts
In a suit alleging wrongful death and elder abuse against assisted living facility defendant, the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to compel...

People v. Aguilera

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of second degree robbery of defendant's wife, Pen. Code section 211, and battery against her, section 243(e)(1), is affirmed where: 1)...

Patricia W. v. Super. Ct.

Juvenile Law, Family Law
In parent's petition for extraordinary relief to overturn an order entered at a six-month review hearing terminating reunification services for them,...

Hughes v. County of San Bernardino

Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
In an action by a retired sheriff's deputy seeking to compel the County to complete the administrative appeal process from a disciplinary action, and...

Epic Medical Management v. Paquette

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
In an appeal of an arbitrated dispute between a doctor and a medical management company, with which he had contracted to supply non-medical management...

In re Mark C.

Juvenile Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Probation for a wardship petition filed by the district attorney pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602(a), alleging that minro...

Ellins v. City of Sierra Madre

Government Law
Within the context of thePolice Officer's Bill of Rights (POBRA), which provides that a "public safety officer under investigation" by his or her...

Rubio v. Super. Ct.

Criminal Law & Procedure
In the context of Penal Code section 1054.9, which permits defendants sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole to obtain...

Martin Potts & Assoc. v. Corsair LLC

Civil Procedure
In a breach of real estate services contract case, the trial court's order setting aside the default and default judgment in this case is affirmed...

People v. Johnson

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 petition for resentencing is affirmed where: 1) for purposes of determining whether an inmate is ineligible...